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๐Ÿงฌ Join us Wed, Nov 5 @ 4pm CT for our #BarshopSeminarSeries!

Wenjie Luo, PhD, (Weill Cornell Medicine) presents: "How Microglial Lipid Shapes Tau pathology in Alzheimerโ€™s Disease."

๐Ÿ“ Barshop Institute, Rm 2.2005
๐Ÿ’ป Zoom available

๐Ÿ‘‰bit.ly/4jjeaJw

#Alzheimers

04.11.2025 22:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join us Wed, Oct 29 @ 4pm CT for our Fall #BarshopSeminarSeries!

Amina Qutub, PhD (UTSA), presents โ€œInnovations in AI and Their Relevancy to Longevity and Aging.โ€

๐Ÿ“ Barshop Institute, Room 2.2005
๐Ÿ’ป Virtual option available: Zoom

๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/4jjeaJw

#AI #agingresearch #longevity

28.10.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ‰ Congrats to Ziying Xu on her first-authored paper in Nature Communications!

โ€œMicroglia-specific regulation of lipid metabolism in Alzheimerโ€™s disease revealed by microglial depletion in 5xFAD mice,โ€ reveals how brain immune cells influence fat metabolism in #Alzheimerโ€™s. ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿงฌ

๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/4o295Hf

23.10.2025 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข Barshop Institute Fall Seminar โ€“ Oct 15

๐Ÿงฌ Biology of Aging student presentations:
Xin Li and Lidia Cervantes

๐Ÿ•“ 4โ€“5pm CT | In person & Zoom
๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/4jjeaJw

#BarshopSeminarSeries #AgingResearch #AlzheimersResearch #Microbiome

14.10.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข Barshop Institute Fall Seminar โ€“ Oct 1

๐Ÿง  Erik Musiek, MD, PhD, presents: โ€œCircadian clocks, glia, and Alzheimerโ€™s Diseaseโ€

๐Ÿ•“ 4โ€“5pm CT | In person & Zoom

๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/4jjeaJw

#BarshopSeminarSeries #AlzheimersResearch #AgingResearch

29.09.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข Barshop Institute Fall Seminar โ€“ Sept 24

๐Ÿงฌ Da-Zhi Wang, PhD (USF) presents: โ€œMolecular Mechanisms of Heart Development, Function and Regenerationโ€

๐Ÿ•“ 4โ€“5pm CT | In person & Zoom

๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/4jjeaJw

#BarshopSeminarSeries #AgingResearch

22.09.2025 14:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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San Antonio Pepper Center secures $6.5M grant to advance aging research - UT Health San Antonio The population of older Americans is expanding rapidly and is expected to double by 2060. While people are living longer than ever, many are also living with chronic health problems that impact their ...

๐Ÿ‘ Big news from @uthealthsa.bsky.social !

The Claude D. Pepper Center secured a $6.5M NIH grant to expand aging researchโ€”adding a new Molecular Phenotyping Core and strengthening efforts to help older adults maintain independence in South Texas. ๐Ÿงฌโณ

#AgingResearch #PepperCenter

๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/46kSHdj

15.09.2025 19:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข Barshop Institute Fall Seminar โ€“ Sept 17

๐Ÿงฌ Agustin Ruiz, MD, PhD presents: โ€œ#Proteogenomic Analysis of Human Cerebrospinal Fluid Across the #Alzheimerโ€™s Disease Continuumโ€

๐Ÿ•“ 4โ€“5pm CT | In person & Zoom

๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/4jjeaJw

#BarshopSeminarSeries

12.09.2025 18:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข Join us Sept 10 for the Barshop Institute Fall Seminar Series!

๐Ÿงฌ Teresa A. Zimmers, PhD (OHSU) presents: โ€œWhac-a-mole or Occamโ€™s Razor: Understanding muscle loss in cancer cachexiaโ€

๐Ÿ•“ 4โ€“5pm CT | In person & Zoom

๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/4jjeaJw

#BarshopSeminarSeries

08.09.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ“ฃRegistration and abstract submission closes today at 5pm. Don't delay and register now!

2025 Masoro-Barshop Conference on Aging
๐Ÿ“… Oct 9โ€“12 | ๐Ÿ“Mayan Dude Ranch, Bandera, TX

Theme: "Dietary Approaches to Geroscience Intervention"

๐Ÿ”—: bit.ly/3UG2bew

05.09.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Inaugural cohort completes UT-MSTAR summer research program - UT Health San Antonio New NIH-funded program aims to grow pipeline of students in aging research across Texas A new multi-site, eight-week research program aims to engage first-year medical students interested in aging med...

๐Ÿ‘ The first cohort of the NIH-funded UT-MSTAR program is complete! ๐ŸŽ‰

18 med students from across Texas spent the summer at @uthealthsa.bsky.social gaining hands-on research and clinical experience in aging & geriatrics. ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš•๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โš•๏ธ

#AgingResearch #FuturePhysicians

bit.ly/45Zjrjp

03.09.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ—“๏ธJoin us Wed, Sept 3 @ 4PM CT for our Fall Seminar Series! Jenny Hsieh, PhD, presents: "Stem cell approaches to understand acquired and genetic epilepsies."

๐Ÿ”—Details: bit.ly/4jjeaJw

#BarshopSeminarSeries

02.09.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘ Congrats to Dr. Juan Pablo Palavicini on earning a Rising UT STAR Award! ๐ŸŒŸ

The $150K grant will boost his research capacity at @uthealthsa.bsky.social's Barshop Institute, supporting advances in aging and longevity science. ๐Ÿงฌโณ

#AgingResearch #ResearchExcellence

๐Ÿ”—for more: bit.ly/3Vn2kmL

29.08.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New study from Dr. David Gius shows the keto diet affects males and females differently.

Males developed aging cell buildup and stress, while females were protectedโ€”effects in males were reversed with estrogen or antioxidants. ๐Ÿงฌ

#Keto #AgingResearch #Healthspan

๐Ÿ”—Read more: bit.ly/4lIGsNn

28.08.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘ Congrats to Nisi Jiang, PhD, first author of the first national review of anti-aging compounds!

The study identified 13 promising agents, with rapamycin showing the strongest effectโ€”extending lifespan by up to 28%. ๐Ÿงฌโณ

#AgingResearch #Longevity #Rapamycin

bit.ly/45Vlntg

27.08.2025 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ“ขRegistration and abstract submission closes on Sept 5th. Don't delay and register now!

๐Ÿ”—: bit.ly/3UG2bew

26.08.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thirty years of excellence: San Antonio Nathan Shock Center a global leader in aging research - UT Health San Antonio Aging affects all living creatures and is the greatest factor in numerous diseases. The greatest health care burdens are borne by diseases in older patients โ€” a population expected to nearly double by...

๐ŸŽ‰ Celebrating 30 years of discovery! The San Antonio Nathan Shock Center at @uthealthsa.bsky.social has been a hub for aging research since 1995โ€”has secured 5 more years of NIA funding! ๐Ÿงฌ Pioneering gerotherapeutics like rapamycin to boost lifespan & healthspan.

๐Ÿ”— : bit.ly/4mqWn3T

31.07.2025 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ‰ Congrats to Laurence Maeyens for winning the AGE Poster Pitch Award at #AGE2025!

This work shows midlife castration extends lifespan more than early intervention in UM-HET3 miceโ€”highlighting timingโ€™s role in aging. ๐Ÿงฌโณ

#AgingResearch #Longevity #UMHET3

bit.ly/4m88Wkr

22.07.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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CPRIT awards UT Health San Antonio $3.4 million to increase HPV vaccination rates in Bexar County, develop transformative technologies targeting drug-resistant cancers - UT Health San Antonio The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) received $3,395,970 in new academic research and prevention awards as part of the latest $98 million funding round ...

Big step forward in targeting drug-resistant cancers.

Dr. Daohong Zhou at UT Health San Antonio received a $2.4M CPRIT grant to expand core labs with advanced tools like CRISPR screening and small molecule degradersโ€”aiming to tackle the toughest pediatric and adult cancers.

๐Ÿ”—Link:
bit.ly/45zRAYJ

24.06.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UT Health Newsroom: UT Health San Antonio team named XPRIZE Healthspan Semifinalist - Barshop Institute Original story: UT Health San Antonio Newsroom Contact: Claire Kowalick, kowalick@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (June 5, 2025) ยญโ€” More than 600 teams from 58 countries around the world entered the XPRIZE He...

๐ŸŽ‰ Excited to share UT Health San Antonio - Barshop Instituteโ€™s team is a Semifinalist in the $101M #XPRIZEHealthspan! Advancing low-frequency ultrasound to rejuvenate cells & boost healthspan.

#HealthyAging #Geroscience

๐Ÿ”—Read more: bit.ly/43TWWvg

09.06.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŽง Listen to Dr. Lisa Kilpela, Pepper Center investigator, on Texas Public Radio as she discusses food insecurity and binge eating in older women.

๐Ÿ”— tpr.org/podcast/petr...

#AgingResearch #FoodInsecurity #BingeEating #HealthyAging

04.06.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข Registration is open for the 2025 Masoro-Barshop Conference on Aging!
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Oct 9โ€“12 | ๐Ÿ“ Mayan Dude Ranch, Bandera, TX

Theme: โ€œDietary Approaches to Geroscience Interventionโ€

๐Ÿ”— More info: bit.ly/3UG2bew
#Geroscience #AgingResearch #BarshopConference

27.05.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Join us on Wed, May 28 at 4 PM CT for our Spring Seminar Series!
Stephen Harridge, PhD, will present:
โ€œThe Biology of Human Aging: Differentiating Ageing from Inactivityโ€

๐Ÿ“ Donโ€™t miss this insight into aging science.
๐Ÿ”— More info: bit.ly/4jjeaJw
#BarshopSeminarSeries

27.05.2025 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weโ€™re proud to be a Semifinalist team of #XPRIZEHealthspan, a 7-year, $101 million global competition that aims to revolutionize the way we approach human aging. We look forward to this next chapter of the competition as we continue to develop our therapeutic to extend healthspan. @xprize.org

12.05.2025 12:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join us Wednesday, May 7th at 4pm CT for our Spring Seminar Series. Kevin Bieniek, PhD, presents: "3D brain modeling and #neuropathology: tools for brain aging and #neurodegenerative disease research."

More info: bit.ly/4jjeaJw
#barshopseminarseries

02.05.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UT Health San Antonio scientists pioneer drug-discovery breakthrough for large and polar drugs - UT Health San Antonio Discovery of chemical endocytosis could redefine precision medicine A team of scientists, notably Zhengyu Wang, PhD, assistant professor in the department of pharmacology and the Barshop Institute, le...

Scientists from UT Health San Antonio, Duke, and UAMS โ€” led by Drs. Hong-yu Li, Zhengyu Wang, Hui-kuan Lin, and Zhiqiang Qin โ€” uncovered how cells absorb large and polar drugs and devised a novel strategy to optimize the capacity of drug delivery into these cells. ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿ”ฌ

bit.ly/3Gp682J

25.04.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join us Wed. April 30th at 4pm CT for our Spring Seminar Series. Rebeca Wong, PhD, presents: "Insights and remaining gaps from a 23-year longitudinal population study on Mexican aging."

More info: bit.ly/4jjeaJw
#barshopseminarseries

25.04.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join us Wed. April 23rd at 4pm CT for our Spring Seminar Series. Robert Williams, PhD, presents: "Genetic Modulation of Life Span: Dynamic Effects, Sex Differences, and Body Weight Trade-offs in UM-HET3 Mice."

More info: bit.ly/4jjeaJw
#barshopseminarseries

18.04.2025 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join us Wed. April 16th at 4pm CT for our Spring Seminar Series. David Cohen, MD, PhD presents: "Leveraging Energy Expenditure in the Management of #Obesity-Associated Disorders."

More info: bit.ly/4jjeaJw
#barshopseminarseries

11.04.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Very excited to announce my PhD Defense!
โฐ Wednesday April 16th, 2025 | 9am CST

Tune in to learn more about the role of sugar in the brain and microglial interactions with Alzheimer's Disease Pathology!๐Ÿง 
@uthealthbarshop.bsky.social @uthealthsa.bsky.social

Almost #PhDone

07.04.2025 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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